[shingdaz]

Just purchased the new LG Dual Super Multi blue player-

I have to say that I love the simple design of this unit...it's compact and fits nicly with my furniture without taking up too much space. I have gone through / tested 3 different DVD players 1 of which was a HD DVD player...

My set-up consists of an HP 32" LCD display with dual HDMI inputs @ 720p native resolution.

My first DVD player (Old Panasonic model) <480p> running through this TV lacked the dynamic impact I would expect from an LCD, since it was only through S-video I cannot clearly say it lacked the visual dynamics that my displacy is capable of, but did have poor results when playing through component.

My second SD DVD player I tested with my LCD is a SAMSUNG DUAL DVD VHS player...I enjoyed the color contrast this player put out through component @ 480p / 720p...but didn't really perform upconverting a SD DVD signal to 1080i...there was too much interlacing artifacts that coluded too much motion blur or phantom ghosting on fast movments...it even seemed that I could see the flicker of the frames as objects moved through the screen...this was most noticable when playing star-wars-jedi...at the begining scene where the star destroyer pans down from the top of the TV...it looked like there was too much motion around the edges of the ship as it moved across the screen...this totally ruined the contrast and sharpness characteristics of this player through component or HDMI @ 480p and 720p. Overall this player does a normal job of playing SD DVD's via HDMI or component...but isn't well matched with my LCD TV in terms of consistent dynamic performance.

My third player was a Toshiba HD-D1 HD DVD Player...I bought it for a low price of $350...and for a low priced HD player this unit has some substance to it in terms of visual playback...it played back HD DVD beyond what any standard DVD could mimic...the movie I tested was Superman II Directors cut......I played it back @ 720p via HDMI...everything seemed perfect in terms of clarity sharpness and controlled dynamics...but noticed one problem during one scene...>a news-paper is opened up by "louis lane"...and I noticed jaggies on some small print headlines on it<...this jaggie phenomenom occured slightly during some soft lit lighting scenes also...although...when I upconverted the signal to 1080i...the jaggies actually disapeared in that same scene...for my first time watching a HD movie I was really impressed on how the editor chose the perfect colour contrast and sharpness...this being on older movie every single scene had the dynamics, clarity and detail that the editor would have seen with his industrial video editing equipment...which made me feel like I was in the director editing room watching his reels he put together himself. The actors stood in front of a camera...and weren't on the screen as objects to watch move...you where there with the actors in real time! as the scene's unfolded!...I didn't like the fact that this player had HDMI audio problems in some parts of the movie...the voices at some parts distorted...and also seemed to happen through optical also....this could be due to a firm-ware issue that required an update...for TrueHD audio via HDMI. I also have to say that this player did an amazing job upconverting SD DVD's also...I played an older 80's movie The Day after upconverted via HDMI to 1080i...although it was letter box...this movie looked like HD...with clartity and realism of the directors view-screen in the HD editing room. I highly suggest this player to anyone wanting a cheap HD player...that actually works flawlessy in terms of visual performance.


LG BH100- This player performed dramatically in video performance...connected via HDMI @ 720p the clarity and sharpness this player portrays with my LCD clearly defines what consistance I was looking for in a HD/SD/Blueray player...testing it with HD DVD @ 720p...again using superman II as a test DVD it performed flawlessy giving life-like video quality to every scene, with excellent clarity and sharpness...but...excelled in consistent dynamics when observing hi~motion scenes...without fatigue...it also did a magnificent job of mimicking film residual optics...in my own term...it felt as I was watching a reel to reel film with it...and not just observing object's moving acroos the screen itself...SD DVD playback gave me near HD results...which made me question whether HD DVD content is worth investing in...it upscaled SD flawlessly ...and portrayed each scene with photo-clarity as the DVD was meant to be seen...Blue-Ray playback seemed to lag IMO...I chose Alien VS Predator as my test DVD...the whole movie seemed too transparent and thin in image and colour depth...and there was alot of interlacing artifacts the disturbed me for a HD DVD...the colour wasn't as rich as compared to the older re-done superman HD DVD...IMO it could realy be the Blue ray movie itself...as there has been a case of poor video editing with Blue-ray as was the case with a ROBO-COP blueray release...video playback/editing was so poor it was taken off the shelves ( Buyers Beware of Blue-ray)... for a DVD meant for HD content it should never lack any dynamics and poor video playback...if you d on't mind not being able to play HDi content and can handle not having True HD dolby digital...then this unit perfroms visually with great consistancy.